Online shoppers are being warned after customer Brian Thompson was sued by an Asda delivery driver.

The supermarket vehicle operator claims he was injured when dropping off produce to his home.

And now Mr Thompson is fighting threats of legal action over the injury.

A couple of weeks after the delivery to his Newcastle home, Mr Thompson received a solicitor’s letter claiming the driver seriously hurt his thumb and wrist on his property, despite not saying anything at the time.

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“I took delivery of an online shopping order from Asda Benton and thought nothing more of it," Mr Thompson told Chronicle Live.

“A couple of weeks later I received a solicitors letter wanting my insurance details because the driver claimed he injured himself on my property when delivering the order.

“I informed Asda Benton of this and the reply was they will take care of it but unfortunately that seems not to be the case."

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“I was still receiving letters from the driver’s solicitors so I called Asda back," he continued.

“It now seems the guy who informed me that they would take care of it no longer works there and the store manager at Benton says there is nothing Asda can do because they have no control over what their staff do out of hours.

“I’m amazed and very disappointed in this response and would just like to warn other consumers of the risk they have when a driver is delivering to their property.”